Smyrna times., 1887-02-02

THE room of the Citizens Hose Com
pany under the Town Hall, as it has
passed from under the hands of ]. E.
Carter, painter and paper hanger, is
really a handsome room. The most
decided taste has been exhibited in the
selection of the paper. A heavy cur
tain divides the room, which can be
dropped or loOped up, as may be de-
sired. Substantial chairs have been
provided for the use of the members of
the company, and already it has the
| appearance of fireman's club room.
JAMES BUCKsoN, of Taylor's Bridge,
died early on Wednesday morning, in
his 57th year. Mr.. Buckson was a ma
tive of New Castle county, and had
lived on the farm where he died for 36
years. He had been in good health up
to the 18th of July last, when he broke
his thigh. He recovered from that
hurt, though it left him in a weak con-
ditiOn, but took cold from exposure
about two weeksago, which caused pneu-
mOnia, resulting in his death. Mr..
BucksOn was the father of ten children,
of whom seven and his wife survive him.
THE prOtracted meeting at the NJ. Z.
| Church, which went we'll on through
the third week before there was q peni-
tent at the altar, has since developed
| into meeting of considerable power.
On Friday night dozen persons pro-
tessed conversion, mostly adults, and
on last evening sixteen more, on this
occasion mostly Sunday-schOol girls.
Fourteen persons united with the
church on probation on Sunday. The
Rev. Mr.. Quigg, the pastor, has labOred
zealously to bring about this result, in
which he has been warmly sustained
by the members of the church.
The sun is getting too much power
now, for the western cold snaps to
drive the mercury in the thermometer
down low enough here to shiver any
body. A dispatch from the North
western Territories gives different
condition of temperature, as the follow
ing shows: "HeLenG, Mont, January
31st.-The gloomy outlook for stock in
northern Montana and Canadian terri
tory was further intensified by a heavy
blizzard and snow fall Saturday night.
The temperature ranged from go to $50
below zero from Fort Assiniboine to
British Columbia. Three to four inches
OfsnOw fell within a radius of 80 and
40 miles from here. The storm was
very severe. Stock in this radius is in
a condition to stand the storm with but
few losses"
Two or three weeks ago a mice"
young man tried to play q sharp game
in the sale of Millinery goods to several
of the lady dealers in our town, but
they were too wide awake to be caught.
We have tracked him through our ex-
changes down the Peninsula, the last
place being at Salisbury, where his bust
ness methods are thus described in a
letter to the Baltimore Sun: "a young
man of good manners, representing
himself to be Especial agent and sales
man Of a large notion store in New
York, visited Salisbury about two
weeks ago and took an order of a bill
of goods to be delivered at once. His
method of doing business was to re-
quire One-half cash, the remainder to
be paid on delivery. The lady not
suspecting anything wrong paid the
One-half, and awaited confidently for
the goods, she having dealt with the
firm in the city before. On Thursday
the goods not having arrived, infOrma-
tion was sought directly from the firm,
and an answer came that no agents
were employed to solicit orders for the
house. Several towns on the peninsula
have been treated the same man"